Damascus דמשק
Damascus (דמשק) is the name of a place in the Tanakh. In the Torah codes, Damascus is found 4,528 times at skips 2–5,000, the shortest at skip 4 (Numbers 21:18) — about what chance alone gives (about 4,447).
- Found in the Torah
- 4,528
- Chance alone
- 4,447
- P (≥ found)
- 0.11
- Shortest skip
- 4
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
The Torah holds 4,528 sequences of דמשק at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,447).
Its smallest skip in the Torah is 4 — the first at Numbers 21:18, reading backward.
Counting every skip from 2 to 101,616, the Torah holds 48,489 sequences of דמשק, against about 46,333 from chance alone.
- Genesis 969
- Exodus 1,065
- Leviticus 623
- Numbers 1,364
- Deuteronomy 507
The shortest skips
בְּאֵר חֲפָרוּהָ שָׂרִים כָּרוּהָ נְדִיבֵי הָעָם בִּמְחֹקֵק בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָם וּמִמִּדְבָּר מַתָּנָֽה
The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wilderness to Mattanah;
skip 4, width 4 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 224,372Open in the laboratory →
אֱמֹר אֲלֵהֶם לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם כָּל־אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרַב מִכָּל־זַרְעֲכֶם אֶל־הַקֳּדָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר יַקְדִּישׁוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לַֽיהוָה וְטֻמְאָתוֹ עָלָיו וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מִלְּפָנַי אֲנִי יְהוָֽה
Say unto them: Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your generations, that approacheth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before Me: I am the LORD.
skip 5, width 5 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 174,649Open in the laboratory →
וְרָאָה אֶת־הַנֶּגַע וְהִנֵּה הַנֶּגַע בְּקִירֹת הַבַּיִת שְׁקַֽעֲרוּרֹת יְרַקְרַקֹּת אוֹ אֲדַמְדַּמֹּת וּמַרְאֵיהֶן שָׁפָל מִן־הַקִּֽיר
And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall;
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 163,352Open in the laboratory →
וַיָּקֻמוּ לִפְנֵי מֹשֶׁה וַאֲנָשִׁים מִבְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל חֲמִשִּׁים וּמָאתָיִם נְשִׂיאֵי עֵדָה קְרִאֵי מוֹעֵד אַנְשֵׁי־שֵֽׁם
and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect men of the assembly, men of renown;
skip 6, width 6 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 215,402Open in the laboratory →
וַיִּקַּח הָעֶבֶד עֲשָׂרָה גְמַלִּים מִגְּמַלֵּי אֲדֹנָיו וַיֵּלֶךְ וְכָל־טוּב אֲדֹנָיו בְּיָדוֹ וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל־אֲרַם נַֽהֲרַיִם אֶל־עִיר נָחֽוֹר
And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed; having all goodly things of his master’s in his hand; and he arose, and went to Aram-naharaim, unto the city of Nahor.
skip 7, width 7 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 29,878Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, דמשק appears 17,401 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 17,573, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 969
- Exodus 1,065
- Leviticus 623
- Numbers 1,364
- Deuteronomy 549
- Joshua 385
- Judges 443
- Samuel 1,445
- Kings 1,287
- Isaiah 1,032
- Jeremiah 1,123
- Ezekiel 1,036
- The Twelve 813
- Psalms 1,295
- Proverbs 570
- Job 504
- Song of Songs 105
- Ruth 43
- Lamentations 92
- Ecclesiastes 139
- Esther 225
- Daniel 487
- Ezra–Nehemiah 588
- Chronicles 1,219
Outside the Torah
וּכְבוֹד אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נַעֲלָה מֵעַל הַכְּרוּב אֲשֶׁר הָיָה עָלָיו אֶל מִפְתַּן הַבָּיִת וַיִּקְרָא אֶל־הָאִישׁ הַלָּבֻשׁ הַבַּדִּים אֲשֶׁר קֶסֶת הַסֹּפֵר בְּמָתְנָֽיו
And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house; and He called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn on his side.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 737,060Open in the laboratory →
גַּם־אֲנִי בְּאֵידְכֶם אֶשְׂחָק אֶלְעַג בְּבֹא פַחְדְּכֶֽם
I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 938,205Open in the laboratory →
וְהַסִּפּוֹת וְהַֽמְזַמְּרוֹת וְהַמִּזְרָקוֹת וְהַכַּפּוֹת וְהַמַּחְתּוֹת זָהָב סָגוּר וְהַפֹּתוֹת לְדַלְתוֹת הַבַּיִת הַפְּנִימִי לְקֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים לְדַלְתֵי הַבַּיִת לַהֵיכָל זָהָֽב
and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the pans, and the fire-pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, that is, of the temple, of gold.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads up one column. letter 492,951Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
דמשק — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as דמשק, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 444.
As a plain word it stands 25 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 15:2. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
The same letters also spell: Demesheq.
Questions
Is Damascus in the Bible code?
The Torah holds 4,528 sequences of דמשק at skips 2–5,000 — about what chance alone gives (about 4,447).
What is the shortest skip for Damascus in the Torah?
Skip 4, reading backward from Numbers 21:18 — the shortest of 4,528 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 4,447.
How is Damascus spelled in Hebrew?
Damascus is spelled דמשק — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 444.
Is Damascus in the Bible code across the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, דמשק appears 17,401 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 17,573, so the count is in line with chance.
Search it yourself
The laboratory runs the same search live in your browser — every sequence, the matrix around it, and the chance figure (about 4,447 here) beside the count.